Cloud Systems Engineer

We are looking for a Cloud System Engineer who is well-versed in private and public cloud infrastructure, Linux server management, along with experience in on-premise to cloud migration.This is an Independent Contractor position with a possibility of conversion to full-time employment based on performance.Most tasks will be carried out remotely.**What you will be doing **- Operating and maintaining large scale cloud infrastructure and servers in global data centres- Working on various Linux server projects alongside multiple departments- Migrating clients on-premise servers to the cloud via replication or data backups- Assessing and resolving server and network-related issues escalated by internal and external users- Proactive monitoring of supported cloud instances**Requirements**- Solid experience with Linux and virtualization- Familiarity with virtualization technologies and troubleshooting virtual machine instances- Experience with monitoring systems and incident management- Experience with on-premise to cloud migration- Experience with configuration management and automation systems**Technical requirements**- Server Systems - Linux- Virtualization - KVM, Xen, or similar- Cloud Computing - Non-Azure based cloud experience- Cloud Migration - Veeam, Acronis, or similar- Monitoring - Prometheus, Grafana- Automation - Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Chef**Nice-to-haves**- Cloud Orchestration - Cloudstack, Openstack, Proxmox VE etc.- Cloud Computing - Both AWS/Azure/GCP and non-AWS/Azure/GCP cloud experience (ie. Rackspace, IBM Cloud, etc.)- Block Storage (iSCSI, SAN, NFS)- Experience with Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, and Microsoft SQL- Experience in Cisco IOS/NX-OS or Juniper Junos**Who are we looking for**- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)- Able to work autonomously as well as collaborate effectively with various stakeholders- Comfortable working in a fast paced environment- Able to work remotely. You will need to have your own laptop and a strong wifi connection- Willing to travel (e.g. to server locations for cloud migration)